Template:Copied

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This template is used to provide documentation that content has been copied to or from other Wikipedia pages and ensure that pages containing necessary attribution aren't deleted. Adding this template on the talk page is not a substitute for attribution in the page history using edit summaries. For more information for when and why this template should be used please see: Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

Usage

• Be sure to use the exact page names of the articles.
• The page names are automatically linked, so this template will not behave as expected if the names are enclosed in link brackets ([[ – ]]).
• Any number of items can be included in the same template by enumerating the parameters (|from1=, |from2=, |from3= and so on). The numbering has to be consecutive.

Basic

{{Copied |from= |from_oldid= |to= |date= |afd= |merge= |diff= |to_diff= |to_oldid= }}

Full

{{Copied
|collapse   =
|small      = 

|from1       =
|from_oldid1 =
|to1         = 
|date1       =
|afd1        =
|merge1      =
|diff1       =
|to_diff1    =
|to_oldid1   =

|from2       =
|from_oldid2 =
|to2         =
|date2       =
|afd2        =
|merge2      =
|diff2       =
|to_diff2    =
|to_oldid2   =
}}

Full with notes

{{Copied
|collapse    = <!-- Collapses the list of items if set to "yes". Only supported when two or more items are used -->
|small       = <!-- Makes the template more compact and float to the right if set to "yes" -->

|from1       = <!-- Name of source page, where the text originally appeared -->
|from_oldid1 = <!-- ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied -->
|to1         = <!-- Name of destination page, where the content was placed -->
|date1       = <!-- Date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at. -->
|afd1        = <!-- Name of AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge. -->
|merge1      = <!-- If copying was done in the process of merging two pages set this to "yes" -->
|diff1       = <!-- Full URL of the diff page showing the edit when copied content was added -->
|to_diff1    = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content -->
|to_oldid1   = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. Omit if page creation. -->

|from2       = <!-- Name of source page, where the text originally appeared -->
|from_oldid2 = <!-- ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied -->
|to2         = <!-- Name of destination page, where the content was placed -->
|date2       = <!-- Date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at. -->
|afd2        = <!-- Name of AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge. -->
|merge2      = <!-- If copying was done in the process of merging two pages set this to "yes" -->
|diff2       = <!-- Full URL of the diff page showing the edit when copied content was added -->
|to_diff2    = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content -->
|to_oldid2   = <!-- Not used if diff is provided. ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. Omit if page creation. -->
}}

Cut/paste model

For a single page, you may paste the following and substitute in the correct values:

{{Copied |from=SRC |from_oldid=SRC-REV |to=DEST |date=DATE |to_diff=DEST-COPYTO-REV |to_oldid=DEST-PREV-REV}}

Parameters

• from is the name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.
• from_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.

  From the permanent link url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&oldid=from_oldid

• to is the destination page, where the content was placed. Note: if a Category page is the destination, add a leading colon to prevent categorization of the page that this template is used on.
• date is the date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.
• afd is the name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.
• merge changes the text to indicate that copying was done in the process of merging two pages if set to yes.
• diff is the diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).

  These parameters are alternatives to the above and may be omitted if diff is used (and vice versa):

  • to_diff is the ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content.
  • to_oldid is the ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid.

  From the url: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGENAME&diff=to_diff&oldid=to_oldid

• collapse indicates whether the list of mergers generated when the template is used with multiple items should be collapsed or not.
• small is passed on to the {{Tmbox}} that is used to generate the message box. If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box.

Examples

{{Copied 
|from       = Squirrel 
|from_oldid = 345129608 
|to         = Tree squirrel 
|to_diff    = 345159499 
|to_oldid   = 301353806 
|date       = 01:00, 01 January 2011
}}

---

{{Copied
|from1       = Complementary angles
|from_oldid1 = 578599984
|to1         = Angle
|diff1       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478251&oldid=582477194
|date1       = 04:36, 20 November 2013

|from2       = Supplementary angles
|from_oldid2 = 577395663
|to2         = Angle
|diff2       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582478879&oldid=582478251
|date2       = 04:43, 20 November 2013

|from3       = Adjacent angles
|from_oldid3 = 580661892
|to3         = Angle
|diff3       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582479826&oldid=582478879
|date3       = 04:54, 20 November 2013

|from4       = Vertical angles
|from_oldid4 = 576327859
|to4         = Angle
|diff4       = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angle&diff=582480777&oldid=582479826
|date4       = 05:04, 20 November 2013
}}

Tracking categories

• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template (41,249)
• Category:Wikipedia pages using copied template without oldid (8,237)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Copied in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Copied

The parameters are as follows

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
small	small	If set to yes, makes it a smaller right floating message box. Example yes	String	optional
collapse	collapse	If set to yes, collapses the list. Example yes	String	optional
from_oldid	from_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the source page from which the content was copied.	Number	required
from	from	Name of the source page, where the text originally appeared.	Page name	required
to	to	The destination page, where the content was placed.	Page name	required
to_oldid	to_oldid	The ID of the page revision of the destination page before the content was copied. If the copy created the destination page, just omit to_oldid. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	optional
to_diff	to_diff	The ID of the page revision of the destination page that includes the copied content. (May be omitted if diff parameter is used.)	Number	suggested
diff	diff	The diff or permanent link of the destination page edit when the text was placed (in the case of a newly created page: the permanent url of the first version of the destination page).	URL	suggested
date	date	The date, time and date, or timestamp that the copying took place at.	String	suggested
merge	merge	Changes the text to indicate the copying was done in the process of merging two pages if set to yes	String	optional
afd	afd	Name of the AfD page if copying was due to an AfD closed as merge.	String	optional

See also

• {{Merged-from}}
• {{Merged-to}}
• {{Split article}}
• {{Translated page}} for pages translated from other language Wikipedias

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